Practical Strategies for Student Agency

Session Description

This presentation is a synthesized variation of a presentation given by Jean Mandernach at the 2023 TCC Conference. It outlines the spectrum of student agency in the classroom, and practical strategies of implementation. I developed a chart outlining the degrees of agency, through collaboration with Dr. Mandernach, for a more visual representation of how to implement agency in the classroom.

Presenter(s)

Jenica Taylor
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Kahuku, Hawaii, USA

Jenica Taylor is currently pursuing a master's degree in Learning Design and Technology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She holds a BFA from Brigham Young University – Hawai‘i, and an MFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. With over 14 years of experience teaching visual arts in higher education and working in the graphic design industry, she brings creative and practical design expertise to her current role as an instructional and media designer at the Outreach College at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her interests include developing educational games, applying design thinking and problem-solving to challenge the status quo, and finding ways to foster positive learning experiences in the classroom. She has designed and produced several educational games, and helped to develop a community-based course on human dignity, now taught in over five countries and three languages.